Export non-basmati rice from India to Guinea: duty, documents and price
Duty: basic duty 10%, no Indian trade agreement in force. Directional
Documents: Importer Exporter Code (IEC), valid Guinean import permit, plant product, or other regulated article, plus 13 more listed below. Directional
Price in India: ₹4,000 per quintal (₹40,000 per tonne), median of 59 mandis on 3 Nov 2026. Real
What Guinea charges
| Item | Rate |
|---|---|
| Basic (MFN) duty | 10% |
| Preferential rate | none: no agreement in force |
| VAT / GST at import | not confirmed |
Directional Source: Live search: https://paket-international.com/en/Send-a-package-to-Guinea/; basic duty: WITS https://wits.worldbank.org/API/V1/SDMX/V21/datasource/TRN/reporter/324/partner/000/product/100630/year/all/datatype/reported. Reported tariff for 2023 (WITS), not checked against today's schedule; verify before committing. Not established: VAT/GST. Import VAT on rice is not confirmed. The only reading came from a non-official page; check with Guinean customs. Basic duty is the applied MFN rate Guinea reported to WITS (UNCTAD TRAINS) for 2023, not today's schedule. No official destination customs tariff source establishes the HS 100630 duty rate or any India–Guinea preferential rate; no anti-dumping, safeguard, or CBAM measure was established. Confirm with Guinea customs before pricing a deal.
Documents and registrations
- Importer Exporter Code (IEC)
- Registration-Cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC) from Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
- valid Guinean import permit
- Phytosanitary certificate where the product is a plant
- plant product
- or other regulated article
- any product-specific inspection or health certificate required by the importing-country authority or applicable Indian export regulation
- Bill of lading
- airway bill
- lorry receipt
- railway receipt
- or postal receipt
- commercial invoice-cum-packing list
- shipping bill
- bill of export
- or postal bill of export
- phytosanitary certificate where applicable
Where to get them: IEC: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), India; RCMC: APEDA through the DGFT e-RCMC system; phytosanitary certificate: Plant Quarantine authorities under India’s Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage; Guinean import permit: Director National de la Protection des Végétaux et Denrées Stockées, Guinea
The exact Indian export control, inspection, health certificate, and labelling rules depend on the agricultural product and its ITC(HS) classification; no product was specified, so no broader product-specific requirement can be asserted. Guinea requires the importer to obtain a valid import permit and submit supplier, product, entry-point, and risk information; shipment release can fail if the permit or applicable phytosanitary documentation is missing.
Directional Compiled for agriculture exports to Guinea from the official pages below, checked 24 Oct 2026. Confirm with the issuing authority.
https://content.dgft.gov.in/Website/dgftprod/61d61bc2-272e-4880-b96c-c8f685a3b244/Foreign%20Trade%20Policy%202023.pdf
https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP/?opt=e-rcmc
https://farmerconnect.apeda.gov.in/Content/APEDA_Agri_Export_Manual_FINAL.pdf
https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP/downloadfileservlet/download?UDIN=VURJTlJDTUMwMDE1NjQ1OEFNMjc=
Non-basmati rice prices in Indian mandis
Median ₹4,000/quintal across 59 markets; middle 80% ₹3,350 to ₹6,650. Reported 3 Nov 2026.
Real Source: Agmarknet, Government of India, via data.gov.in (Rice). Domestic wholesale price, not an export or FOB price.
What this page does not know
- Freight and port costs for your shipment. Carrier rates are not connected yet, so we do not print a freight number here. Put your own quotes into the landed cost calculator; it fills in this duty.
- Your buyer's price. The mandi price is what non-basmati rice costs inside India.
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